{"id":88221,"date":"2018-05-15T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/seattle-backs-new-tax-on-largest-companies-including-amazon\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T08:04:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T01:04:46","slug":"seattle-backs-new-tax-on-largest-companies-including-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/seattle-backs-new-tax-on-largest-companies-including-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle backs new tax on largest companies, including Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nSeattle voted to impose a new tax on the city&#8217;s biggest companies, including Amazon, to fight rising real estate costs.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : cnbc.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/05\/14\/seattle-city-councils-new-tax-on-companies-including-amazon.html\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle backs new tax on largest companies, including Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Seattle voted to impose a new tax on the city&#8217;s biggest companies, including Amazon, to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-mWV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90456,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/amazon-will-find-it-hard-to-follow-on-threat-to-leave-seattle-even-as-city-imposes-tax-on-large-firms\/","url_meta":{"origin":88221,"position":0},"title":"Amazon will find it hard to follow on threat to leave Seattle even as city imposes tax on large firms","date":"June 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Despite Amazon\u2019s threat to scale back in Seattle after the city enacted a head tax, it could be costly for the giant retailer to retreat from its hometown. 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